lablog 0.1.1

Research workflow memory system - track experiments, todos, and context

lablog 🐶

Your loyal lab companion - automatically tracking your research workflow so you never lose context.

Research workflow memory system - never lose context when switching between projects.

What is lablog?

lablog helps researchers track experiments, code changes, and todos across multiple projects. When you return to a project after weeks or months, lablog recap instantly reconstructs what you were working on and what's next.

Powered by Claude Code: lablog integrates with Claude Code to provide AI-powered script analysis, change summaries, and intelligent insights - all using your existing Claude Code subscription (no extra API costs!).

Features

• 📝 Experiment logging: Track what you're running and why
• 🎯 Smart todos: Context-aware task tracking with priority support
• 🤖 AI-powered analysis: Automatic Claude enhancement of notes, todos, and recaps
• 🔄 Seamless integration: Automatically tracks SLURM jobs (sbatch) and git commits
• 📊 Intelligent recaps: AI-enhanced summaries of your recent work
• 🌐 Cross-project: Works across multiple repos
• 💾 Private storage: Logs stored in ~/.config/lablog/, not in git

Installation

pip install lablog

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/Linskii/lablog.git
cd lablog
pip install -e .

Quick Start

Initial Setup

lablog init

This interactive setup will:

• Detect if Claude Code is available and configure AI features
• Set up shell hooks for automatic logging of sbatch and git commits
• Configure your preferences

Seamless Workflow

Once set up with hooks, lablog tracks everything automatically:

# Jobs are logged automatically
sbatch jobs/train.sh

# Git commits are logged automatically with AI analysis
git commit -m "Fix memory leak in data loader"

# Check what you've been working on
lablog recap

Manual Logging

You can also log things explicitly:

# Add a quick note
lablog note "Baseline achieved 0.85 AUROC"

# Add a todo (optionally with priority)
lablog todo "Check preprocessing against paper"
lablog todo "Fix critical bug in training loop" --priority high

# Interactive todo management
lablog todo -l

Bypass AI Enhancement

Use the -r flag to skip AI enhancement when you want raw, unprocessed entries:

lablog note "Quick observation" -r
lablog todo "Fast task" -r

Usage

Recap

View your recent activity with AI-enhanced insights:

lablog recap              # Last 7 days
lablog recap --days 30    # Last 30 days
lablog recap --todos-only # Just show active todos

If Claude Code is enabled, recaps automatically include:

• AI summary of what you were working on
• Analysis of code changes and experiments
• Job status with output file checking
• Outstanding todos

Todo Management

# Add todos
lablog todo "Implement attention mechanism"
lablog todo "Fix memory leak" --priority high

# Interactive management (arrow keys + space to toggle)
lablog todo -l

Archive Management

Keep your logs clean by archiving old entries:

# Merge old entries into a summary
lablog merge --from-date 2025-10-01 --to-date 2025-10-31

# Archive entries by date or type
lablog clear
lablog clear --completed-todos-only

# Permanently delete old archives
lablog delete-archive --before-date 2025-09-01

Multi-Project Support

# List all tracked projects
lablog projects

# View activity across all projects
lablog recap --all-projects

Storage

Logs are stored in ~/.config/lablog/ by default, keeping them private and accessible across projects.

Storage Structure

~/.config/lablog/
├── config.json          # User preferences
└── projects/
    └── <project-hash>/
        ├── metadata.json # Project info
        ├── log.jsonl     # Notes and todos
        ├── jobs.jsonl    # SLURM job entries
        └── archive.jsonl # Archived entries

Claude Code Integration

lablog uses Claude Code for AI-powered features:

• ✅ Uses your existing Claude Code subscription
• ✅ No additional API costs
• ✅ Works from the command line
• ✅ Fully automated

AI Features

When Claude Code is enabled (via lablog init):

• Auto-enhancement: Notes and todos are automatically clarified and formatted
• Script analysis: Job submissions are analyzed for key parameters and configuration
• Diff analysis: Git commits are automatically summarized
• Smart recaps: Get AI-generated summaries of your recent work
• Job output analysis: Automatically check if jobs succeeded or failed

If Claude Code is not installed, lablog works perfectly - you just won't have AI features.

License

MIT